Paintball – Movie Review
ABC Film Challenge – Action – P
Director: Daniel Benmayor (Tracers)
Writer: Mario Schoendorff (Screenplay)
Cast
- Brendan Mackey (Touching the Void)
- Jennifer Matter (Villain)
- Patrick Regis (Anaconda 3 Offspring)
- Iaione Perez
- Neil Maskell (Kill List)
Plot: A group of strangers in a remote paintball facility realize their game has turned deadly as they are hunted by a masked assailant. Survival is their only goal.
Runtime: 1 Hour 26 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Paintball starts when a group of people take up a paintball challenge pitting a group of strangers in a team. However, once they arrive at the location, they find themselves in a battle of life and death.
The group must put their differences aside and figure out the best way to fight back or simply survive. It tests their teamwork, as they learn the darker of what they find themselves involved in.
Verdict on Paintball
Paintball is an action thriller following a group of strangers who join a paintball event. However, they discover they end up facing off against a group of people who are looking to kill them. They must work together to try and survive, but end up facing bigger problems along the way.
This movie uses the concept of humans being hunted and twists it from a playful event to the extreme. It works for the basic concept, despite the more general idea of moving toward focusing on the psychos who run the events. The film uses night vision when it comes to most of the deaths, which is a unique choice and adds to the ruthless nature of the killers. However, in the end, this doesn’t offer too much that we haven’t seen before or seen done better.
Where to Watch
Final Thoughts – Paintball is a typical late-night action movie.
